A consultant for a Hollywood feature film stopped by the KMAN studio Tuesday morning. Francis Gary Powers, Jr., will speak at the K-State Alumni Center at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Powers is the son of Francis Gary Powers, Sr., who was a U-2 surveillance plane pilot during the Cold War. Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 and his story is featured in “Bridge of Spies,” which is directed by Steven Speilberg and led by Tom Hanks. It opened in theaters last Friday. KMAN’s Cathy Dawes spoke with Powers’ son, who is the founder and chairman of…
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A Manhattan man was arrested at the Riley County Police Department Monday afternoon. Riley County police officers arrested 32-year-old Andre Quinton, Jr., on a warrant for cultivation of a controlled substance and analogs which are prohibited. The arrest stemmed from incidents in June and July of this year. He was given a bond of $25,000 and at the time of this report was confined at the Riley County Jail. Tre Smith, 22, of Ogden, was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on Monday afternoon. Police served this arrest warrant — which originated in Geary County — and had the…
TORONTO (AP)– Troy Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson and the slugging Toronto Blue Jays were eager to return to their homer dome after dropping the first two games of the AL Championship Series in Kansas City. They showed everyone why. The Blue Jays came out swinging and their rowdy fans were singing from the start, with Tulowitzki and Donaldson connecting in a six-run third inning as Toronto roughed up Johnny Cueto and the Royals for an 11-8 victory that cut Kansas City’s series lead to 2-1. “That’s really what we’re all about,” manager John Gibbons said. “We desperately needed that breakout.” Veteran…
State representatives warned residents of severe flooding to take place as an El Nino weather system moves towards the region. But California water officials say residents will still need to practice water conservation because of the drought.
KMAN Sports Director John Kurtz and the voice of the Wildcats Wyatt Thompson bring you another edition of “Wildcat Insider” on KMAN. They break down K-State’s tough 55-0 loss at the hands of Oklahoma and look ahead to the Texas game this weekend. K-State basketball holds scrimmages over the weekend as basketball is just a couple of weeks out from beginning the season. K-State volleyball also had a successful weekend at Oklahoma. All that and much more on “Wildcat Insider”. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1-Historic-loss-to-OU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2-Secondary-continues-to-struggle.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/3-Brooke-Sassin-of-KSU-VB.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/4-Big-12-FB-weekend1.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/5-QBs-against-OU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/6-AD-John-Currie.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/7-Upcoming-Big-12-FB-weekend.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/8-FB-at-Texas-on-Saturday.mp3
Riley County commissioners were updated on various projects in the county Monday morning by Public Works Director Leon Hobson. Hobson said one of the wind turbines at the Public Works campus was recently repaired. The downed turbine was made aware to the commission earlier this month after it was damaged by a lightening strike. “The Northwind turbine is up and operational now,” Hobson reported. “The cost to repair that is less than originally anticipated. We haven’t got the final bill but we hope it will be less than $9,000.” Earlier this month repairs were estimated to be as much as…
The Riley County Law Enforcement Agency Law Board overwhelmingly approved authorizing Riley County Police administrators to proceed with a partially self-funded workers compensation plan with Assurance Partners. Board Member Wynn Butler and Chair Robert Boyd expressed support of the plan prior to the vote, with both saying “it’s a good plan.” Assurance Partners President/CEO Jim Wilson and Representative Leslie Webb presented a detailed analysis of such a plan, recounting work on it the past 36 months. RCPD Director Brad Schoen told the board with Assurance’s help, they’d already made an application to the state to proceed down the self-insured workers…
Additional information was provided Monday morning regarding two Riley County Police arrests KMAN earlier announced. Jody Hildebrand, 37, of Manhattan was arrested while in the 1000 block of Houston Street last Friday at approximately 2:15 PM. Officers arrested Hildebrand on a warrant for failure to appear for an original offense of burglary which carried a bond of $50,000. And Police arrested Corey Worthington, 43, of Niangua, Missouri Friday night at about 10:40. Worthington was arrested while at the Riley County Police Department on three warrants for failure to appear with original offenses of criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespass.…
Today’s guests on In Focus were: Mike Kearns, Dave Eckert, Tom Fryer talking about Veteran’s Day Parade. Riley County Police Local Fraternal Order of Police President Brian Johnson